He's the schoolboy who every adult admires and now little Jack Thompson has been nominated for the Chronicle Champion’s award by his proud nana.

Jack, who is registered blind, has been put forward for the Young Role Model category after having three ‘jobs’ at the age of nine, puts smiles of the faces of the elderly in a residential home, trampolines, rasies money for charity - while suffering a cancerous brain tumour.

Nana Elaine McKay has put her grandson forward for the award as she beams with pride.

“I love all my grandchildren but Jack is special,” said Elaine, 61, of Washington. “He brings so much happiness to everyone who meets him. People say it is the best day of their lives when they meet Jack.

Eight-year-old Jack Thompson (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)

“He is a brilliant role model to all youngsters. Although he has a brain tumour and has gone through six rounds of chemotherapy, it’s never about his illness. He wants to do and experience as much as possible and he wants to bring as much happiness to as many people as he can. He’s amazing. I think Jack would be a perfect candidate for the Young Role Model category. If more people were like Jack the world would be a better place.”

Jack, of Wardley, Gateshead, was featured on ChronicleLive back in May when we told how the little chatterbox already had three jobs.

We told how customers fell in love with him, while bosses had even given him miniature uniforms to make him feel part of their teams.

When Jack was four months old he was diagnosed with a brain tumour on his optic nerve which has left him registered blind.

But determined Jack has made his family proud after raising more than £6,000 for charity, holding down a string of shop roles and winning trophies with his trampolining.

His tenacity impressed bosses so much at Homebase, Sainsbury and Washington Wetland Centre that he now puts in regular shifts.

Jack says life is great and is embracing his roles instore and at the wildlife park and has pledged to raise thousands more for children’s charities CLIC Sargent and Heel and Toe. And because of his fundraising efforts, Heel and Toe charity in Chester-le-Street have even named a sensory garden after him.

And besides all of that, Jack is mastering the art of trampolining, has started to learn karate, train spots the Virgin East Coast trains at Newcastle Central Station and knows many of the guards on the platform and now visits the elderly at Wardley Gate Care Home where he has made friends with the residents.

Jack Thompson, 9, who is partially blind and is winning trophies at trampolining at Washington Leisure Centre (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)

Jack spends most of his days with nana Elaine McKay when his parents, Jeff and Diane, are at work. And it’s his nana who takes him on his adventures.

In April he was also presented with a Bravehearts Award in recognition of his courage in adversity through his illness.

He was diagnosed with a brain tumour on his optic nerve which can’t be removed and it’s this which has caused him to have very poor sight and is registered blind.

He also needs daily growth hormone injections but Jack is the happiest kid around.

And despite several rounds of chemotherapy and numerous hospital stays, Jack keeps on smiling and says he’s one of the luckiest boys in the world as his charity work, ‘jobs’ and sporting activities allow him to meet dozens of people and make new friends.

The St Augustine’s Primary School pupil said: “D’you know when people are happy? Then I think more people should be happy like me and that is why I make so many friends so I can make them happy.

“It was only about 10 minutes ago when I found out I was nominated for this awards and it has made me even more happy. I think more kids and even adults should do what I do and the world would be better. I really hope I win.”